Well, I had all my files imported onto the Air, all software installed, and was editing photos and surfing the Internet within a couple of hours, with probably no more than a couple dozen trackpad clicks and some download time. Thanks to the coffee and croissant at hand, I felt no need to eat the computer.
Dr. C---Wow, that was some serious troubleshooting---but I couldn
Bob
Originally Posted by Dr Croubie
Nice. I ran into one of the issues you did (nouveau) back when I upgraded from Fedora 9 to 11:
http://blog.endpoint.com/2009/07/fedora-goes-up-to-eleven.html
They can pry Linux from my cold, dead (but Free as in Freedom) fingers. []
...and no, you
[:|] That doesn't look fun....and I am pretty sure it wasn't english......
I am about to pull the trigger on my order. After re-reading this thread I decided to make several changes. But your post has me really happy that I am using Windows, which has a great reputation of never having any issues. So I am sure my assembly will be problem free.[]
Wish me luck!
please please please tell me that that's sarcasm or a
joke? there's a very good reason i use linux, thy name was windows98 and
the loss of 30gb of data right in my final year of highschool { a) usb
backup drives weren't invented then. b) i didn't lose any schoolwork
because i never did any work. c) but i lost a lot of music and
painstakingly (56k modem) downloaded, uh, images}
.
as for
mac, yes you get a good level of integration, and you pay for it. and
fair enough that they want certain standards of code written by others.
but
then they get a normal pc connector, make it into a fancy shape, and
charge a crudload of royalties for someone else to use it?
and
they just take any means they can think of to crush competition (enough
that makes microsoft's IE and media player look all warm and fuzzy).
read the latest one?
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Kindle-K...ews-11971.html
they've obviously got the best legal dept in the world to have never
been hauled up on the anti-trust guys.
.
and for my day or
two of pain, my system is now screaming along. 11,000 fps on glxgears,
oh yeah. recompiling the whole system in under two hours, sweeet. the
best thing about linux is tailoring everything perfectly, i've got the
whole system set up, office and gimp, media players, firefox, skype,
wine, all except DPP which comes next, and so far i've used not even 7GB
for everything, because i'm only supporting the hardware and programs i
know i have, unlike windows which has to support every piece of
hardware known to man and then some.
no idea of the original
problem, i'm blaming either a buggy videocard driver (which came direct
from nvidia), or me selecting the wrong options for my hardware (or
both).
but for me, computers are just like the photography. the
fun is lying down in the wet and taking the photos, or the hike to get
there, who cares if i never print the photos. and the fun is in setting
up the computer and the working through all the options to get it
running blazingly fast (even more reason why i use Gentoo, the
compile-your-own version of linux, no pre-made packages like ubuntu or
fedora).
.
so i'm getting a call about an insurance claim
tomorrow, if all goes well i get the money within a week or two, then
i'm going for my 27"er...
An awful lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced in the making of this post.
Gear Photos
Yep....sarcasm. One of my many faults. [
So, the set up I just ordered:
- CPU: AMD Athlon II x4 3.0 Ghz ($100)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (AM3+, expandable to 32 GB RAM; $140)
- HDD: 2 x 1.5 TB Western Digital Caviar Black, 7200rpm,SATA III (got on a shell shocker deal--$160 for both)
- SSD: 120 GB OCZ Agility 3 ($190)
- RAM: GSKILL Ripjaws 8 GB (2 x 4GB), 1600, ($60)
- Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ($50)
- Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1431, 1GB, 128 bit, 2x DVI ports ($55)
- Power Supply: Antec 500W Green, 80+ Bronze ($59)
- Optical Drive: ASUS DVD/CD Burner ($21)
- OS: Win 7-64 bit ($100)
- Monitor: Asus VS248H-P ($210)--I did look at the higher end monitors many of you mentioned. Someday maybe I'll get one, but not today. And this should be better than what I currently have.
- Webcam: Logitech C910 ($80)
Total of $1,225. I'll look into the "Bulldozer" CPUs when they come out in a few months. But for now, the Athon II is a heck of a lot more computing power than I currently have.
Thanks again for everyones help.
That
An awful lot of electrons were terribly inconvenienced in the making of this post.
Gear Photos
I know the feeling[:'(]
Bob
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